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Michelle Obama: Violence against kids 'personal'
As politicians in Washington took a step toward tightening the nation's gun laws Wednesday, first lady Michelle Obama sat down with Chicago high school students whose stories about violence brought her to tears. Before the meeting began at Harper High...Tags: Interior Policy, West Englewood, Isaiah Thomas , Personal Weapon Control, Jim Reynolds
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Epic, Half-Realized, Wildly Swirling Thoughts on Obama, Poverty, Politics, Guns, Chicago, Being a White Guy, the Secret Service, and Little Old Lady Laughs
President Barack Hussein Obama came to Chicago last Friday to give a speech at Hyde Park Academy on the South Side, and I went to write about it. Technically, this was my third time seeing the president speak live after making it to election night...
Tags: University of Chicago, Interior Policy, Hyde Park, Bruce Willis, Cocaine
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Questions unanswered about treasurer's probe of Robin Kelly
After Robin Kelly lost a 2010 bid for state treasurer, the office's chief investigator alleged she violated ethics laws by improperly reporting time off from her taxpayer-funded job as chief of staff to then-Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, the Tribune has...
Tags: Freedom of Information Act, Mel Reynolds, U.S. Senate, Alexi Giannoulias, Religion and Belief
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Court to Lisa Madigan: No rehearing on concealed-carry guns ruling
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — A divided federal appeals court today rejected Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s request for a rehearing on the case where the state has been ordered to allow citizens to carry guns in public. Madigan made the request...Tags: Judges, Interior Policy, Justice and Rights, Justice System, Laws
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Illinois Supreme Court picks justice's law clerk to be Cook County judge
When the Illinois Supreme Court acted to fill a vacancy on the Cook County bench this year, it looked no further than the chambers of one of its own — Justice Charles Freeman. There the high court found law clerk Jean Cocozza. Cocozza got her...
Tags: Judges, Laws, Justice System, FBI, Crime, Law and Justice
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Quinn to Lisa Madigan: Appeal conceal carry gun ruling to U.S. Supreme Court
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- Gov. Pat Quinn today called on Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a court order that requires Illinois to approve legislation this spring that would let citizens carry guns in public. The governor's move ramps up...Tags: Judges, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Laws, Justice System, Firearms
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Covering power in Illinois
The legislative and political season looms -- and so do the figures who hold sway in those arenas. Trib Nation talked with political reporter Rick Pearson about the cast of politicians assembled in Illinois' on-going political drama... Q: What makes...
Tags: Michael Madigan, Dan Rutherford, Executive Branch, Government, Aaron Schock
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Gun hearing focuses on mass transit
Clout StreetState lawmakers met for the second time this week to talk about issues surrounding legislation that would allow people to carry guns outside the home, with much of the focus on today’s hearing about whether passengers should be allowed to bring guns...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Harry Osterman, Forrest Claypool, National Rifle Association of America
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Debt issues top list of consumer complaints in Illinois
For the fifth year, consumer debt complaints topped the list of concerns reported to the Illinois attorney general's office, according to a 2012 Top 10 list released Tuesday. Complaints "ranged from problems with mortgages, debt collection agencies to...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Consumers, Lifestyle and Leisure, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips
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State: Owner of gas stations cheated on taxes
A suburban man cheated the state out of nearly $1 million in gasoline sales taxes at two stations he owns, the Illinois Attorney General's office announced today. Samer T. Farhan, 32, was arrested Thursday near his Palos Hills home and faces multiple...
Tags: Valero LP, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Petroleum Industry
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Hate crime case ends with probation, essay
Tribune reporterAn Alsip man was sentenced today to probation and ordered to write an essay about the lynching of blacks in America after he pleaded guilty to an attack two years ago in which he and two friends put a noose around the neck of an African-American teenager...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Juvenile Delinquency
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Illinois Republicans: Get ready for Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner, the multimillionaire bull in the quaint Illinois Republican china shop, sat down with me Wednesday morning at a diner on LaSalle Street to talk about politics. Are you running for governor? "I am thinking about it," said Rauner, 57, a...
Tags: Scott Walker, Chicago Elections, Chicago Teachers Union, Regional Authority, Executive Branch
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